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The Farmville Enterprise |jgi! ? - ' ^ V '" 1 . . i . *^ ?" -- TWBNTY-FrVrE 7" FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1934 NUMBER SIX - ; : 1 " ... .. . ? . r ' .... ? Warren's Conduct of Restaurant Approved ?1? The Upholding and Vindication of Our Own Congressman Lindsay C. Warren by a Con gressional Committee Ap pointed to Investigate His Operation of the Restaurant of The House of Representa tives Is Just What This Paper Knew Would Happen. (Greenville News-Leader) When Mr. Warren caused negroes to be ejected from the restaurant last January, he stated that none would be permitted to eat there as long as he had anything to do with it. De Priest, the negro congressman took up the challenge 3nd finally forced an investigation. Since January, De Priest has gone in various sections of the East and North and bitterly) assailed Linday Warren, even to the) extent of urging the people of North Carolina to defeat him. Now has come the report of the Investigation Committee. Only one Southerner was on it, and he was from Arkansas, there was a democrat | and a republican from Illinois, so no one can say it was a southern com mittee. The committee tells the Con gress and the people of the country that there has been no discrimination ? against any member and his guests, that Warren was correct in his rul- j ing and they recommend that it be I operated in the future as it has been. The conduct of this restaurant is just one of the hundreds of things that come under Mr. Warren's com mittee. When he became chairman of the committee in 1931, he found that it had been operated at an an- j nual deficit of $27,000. He put it on a business basis and for two years it has broken even. The people of North Carolina and the Democratic party in the Nation are proud of the fact that when thisj question was raised by DePriest, that there stood at the helm a man who would never flinch or back down? one of the very strongest men in Con gress who does what he says he will do. Throughout the controversy Mr. Warren took a position of poise and calm and conducted himself with the greatest restraint and dignity. He was attacked by Communists and other un-American organizations, but he disdained to. even answer anything said by them of DePriest. The best negroes of our country should resent the tactics of DePriest in trying to force an issue of social equality?a thing that can only bring trouble to the race. The successful handling of what! promised to be a delicate matter is j just another reason why the people) of the First District and North Caro-1 iina stand so solid behind Lindsay Warren. D. A. R. Holds Flag Day Moot The annual Flag Day meeting of the Major Benjamin May chapter, D. A. R., was entertained Saturday aft ernoon at the home of Miss Tabitha DeViscontL A lovely barbecue lun cheon was served in her garden, with beautiful flowers and the shade of lordly trees as an artistic setting. Mrs. J. H. Bynum and Miss Lyda Elizabeth Tyson were hostesses with Miss DeVisconti Mrs. C. E. Moore, chaplain, opened the meeting with a devotional from the 14th chapter of Exodus, where the Hebrew nation, completely hem med in, was commanded to "Go For ward." The chapter paused in silent tribute to one of its charter mem bers, Miss Susan Elizabeth Hines, who recently died in Wilson. Mrs. Isaac Manning, state vice regent, of Chapel Bill, led the flag salute and the American's creed. During the business session com mittees for carrying forward the various activities of the chapter were appointed as follows: For the col lection ot trees and shrubs?Mrs. A. C. Mo?k, chairman, Mrs. Lula F. Goodwin, Mrs. B. S. Sheppard, Mrs. Hhgh Sheppard, Mrs. D. R. Morgan, Mm 0. ?L Co&prt; program?Mrs. M. V. Jones, chairman. Mrs George Jefferson, Mrs C. E Moore, Mrs. Joseph Eagles; stadefil chapter Mrs J. O. Pollard, chairman, Mrs Z. M. Whiteburst, Mrs W. M. Willis Mrs H.mrietta Williamson. The conservation and thrift committee, which has been in charge of the high way planting for the past three yean will cooperate with the town ol Farmville in the plans to beautify "I^e book I HON. LINDSAY WARREN | Hold Greek As Suspect County Officers Hope ful of Clearing Killing of Stricklands Raleigh, June 12.?As the result of the arrest by Johntson County au thorities of Sam Zeharras, 43, a Greek eaie operator of Farmville, Coroner Waring and county officers Saturday were hopeful of clearing up the murders of Talladge and Thalton Strickland, relatives who were fatal ly wounded as they slept in their place of business near Garner on the morning of January 3rd. Holding Zaharras under suspicion without bond, Wake officers are try ing to locate another Greek known as "Jimmie" and Margaret Tyson, a young woman of Selma. These three people are known to have visited the Strickland's filling station on Sim day before the killing on Tuesday morning and are believed to have been the same trio seen at the filling station early on the morning of the crime. Zaharras explained that he was in this section to get a new license for his automobile, and spent the night of the grilling in Wright's Hotel on West Martin Street while "Jimmie" stayed at the Raleigh Hotel, accord ing to officers. He had denied any connection with the crimes. Gates, Hertford, and Hyde county farmers have been enthusiastic about the corn-hog contracts, since the pay ments made on the hogs by which they reduce production are more than the anticipated profit on the hogs ; they are to raise. Parkway Roate Is Agreed Upon Course of Scenic High way Will Be Chosen by Committee Washington, June 13.?A refinite route for the proposed $16,000,000 scenic highway to connect the Shen andoah National park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountain na-, tional park has been agreed upon by a special committee appointed by Secretary of the Interior Ickes to study the project A. B. Crammer, head of the na tional park service and a member of the committee, in announcing this to day, said he and Thomas H. McDon ald, chief of the Federal Bureau of ?Roads, has signed the report which was forwarded 'to Baltimore for the signature of George L. Ratcliffe, reg ional public works director and third member of the committee. The 'decision of the committee must be approved by Secretary Ickes, who is expected to announce the location. Representative Doughton (D-NC) through whose | district runs part of the proposed Virginia-North Caro lina route, said he was confident "North Carolina would get all or a good 'part of the road after it leaves Virginia." W. L. McGahey, Beaufort county agent, reports that tobacco farmers in his territory are not very enthusi astic about increasing their produc tion the 10 per cent allowed on their contracts. They had much rather have the full amount of the benefit payments, he explained. EXPECT OVER 200 AT FARMERS' CAMP Raleigh, June 14.?Over 200 stu dents of vocational agriculture have signed up to attend the Young Tar Heel Farmer camp at White Lake, Bladen county, this summer, Roy H. Thomas, State supervisor of agricul tural education, announced yesterday. These students will come from 175 communities of the State in which departments of vocational ag riculture are located. While at camp, the students will engage in boating, swimming, pitch ing horseshoes, baseball, tennis and other sports. The staff is composed of J. M. Oteen, camp director; Bob Warren and Micou Browne, athletic directors, and Miss Nell Kennett, dietitian, Considerable improvements have been made at the camp this year, such as the installation of a sani tary system, showers, and the widen ing of roads. The'White Lake camp, the first of its kind in the United States, was inaugurated in 1928. Hooks Is Chosen Head Democrats for 5th Time V The State Convention will be Held at Raleigh I Next Week Greenville, June 12.?W. E. Hooks, I of .\yden, was chosen chairman of the Pitt County Democratic Execu I tive Committee here Monday at the I County Convention for the fifth con secutive biennial term. He was un I animously re-elected. I Mr. Hooks is editor and publisiier I I of the News-Leader, the only semi-1 I weekly publication in the county." I The County Convention was called I to order promptly at 11 a. m., and it I was found when the roll was called I that each of the county's precincts I were represented. I Dr. G. R. Combs, pastor of the local Methodist church, delivered the invo-1 cation. The State convention will be belt in Raleigh next week at which time I there will be assembled a large gath ering of enthusiastic Democrats. Al-1 I though it is an off-year, so to speak I (there is only a single contest foi I I office of a state-wide nature), there I is to be plenty of oratory, perhaps I some super-oratory. I _ The convention proper, well at I tended, elected delegates to Um I state conventions, adopted resolutions for division of Pitt county into com missioner 'districts in order, that each section of the county in the future 1 might be assured representation " or the county board, heard a keynote speech by Judge Albion Dunn -hi ? which the national party leader President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wtu praised for his wonderful work in be hatf^the people of the country af j convention also adopted sep growers of this section, and a resolu tion of thanks to J. C. Lanier, form er resident of this city, now an offi cial of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, for his efforts in be half of and the benefit he has been to the tobacco growers of this and other states. The meeting was presided over by W. E. Hooks, chairman, with D. J. Whichard, Jr., acting as secretary. The convention gave a rising vote of thanks to Chairman W. E. Hooks and Vice-chairman Mrs. J, 6. Spil man for the interest they had taken in the party work in this county and ?j'the large increase in the number of votes from election to 'election ?' M. 0. Blount and John T. Thome were eleeted delegates at large. Following are the delegates and alternates to cast Pitt county's 52 votes in the state convention to be held in Raleigh Thursday, June 21: Ayden?W. E. Hooks, J. B. Eure. J. D. Cannon, W. J. Boyd, John R. Denton, Alternates, R, W. Smith, J. H. Coward, C. C. Martin, W. C. [ .Cannon, Frank Hart, Beaver Dam?Mack Smith. Alter | nate, Brace Strickland, '* .'. 7 Betvoir?Richard Parker. Alter nate, Richard Manning. , | Bethel?one-half vote each, W. C. t Whitehuret, F. C. Martin, Jr., J. W. , Rode, W. J, Smith, Z. V. Bunting, I i. P. Hooker,. E. A., Tripp, ' F L. , Blount, R. J. Whitehuret, H. L. An i drews, Jr., J. C, Wynne, J, Wyatt ? Carson.^ v'^jv : -1 k ^Carolina?A. L. Woolard, J. S. r Fleming. Alternates, U Which > ardr'ijk.K., Barnha 1 k>,y^ I Smith, G. S. Porter, L. Little, -J. L. Outlaw. Alternates, W. A. t Hudson, E> D. Moore, W. B. Harperj , S. N. Baker, S. D. Tucker, T. J. i Williams, W. I.-Buck.g/vf - $ Farmville?one-half vote each, J i W. Holmes, Sallie K. Horton, R. T, s Martin, P. E. Jones, L. R. Thomas, ?. . .*? ?'-* -? - ??' -j- S..<h tf. ?'!_ ". w I J. B. Lewis, W. J, Rasberry, J. W. Joyner, "W. R. Willis, J. H. Paylor, R..E. Belcher, R. A, Joyner. Fountain?R. A. Fountain, Alter nate, L. P. Eagles. Faukland?G. H. Pittman, R. B. Tyre. Alternates, Mrs. Pittman, Mrs. Tyre. Greenville *? one-half vote each, E. G. Flanagan, Mrs. J. B. Spilman, Miss Ward Moore, T. T. Hollings worth, Dink James, B. L. Stokes, Dr. L. C. Skinner, J. F. Arthur, Jack Edwards, Bryae Sigmon, Albion Dunn, Jack Spain, A. B. Corey, S. A. Whitehurst, S. J. Everett, Julius Brown, Charles Manning, James L. Evans, Dick King, J. H. Harrell, D. J. Whichard, Jr., W. C. Taylor, D. S. Spain, Jr., Eli Bloom, C. W. Wil liams, C. W. Willard, Wyatt Brown, Frank Brooks, H. L. Jenkins^ J. F. Harrington, M. K. Blount, W. J. ? Bundy. vf .. ^ Grifton?W. I. Bissett, F. C. Tay ' lor, Jack Champion. Alternates, W. M. Taylor, E. W. Fleming, M. B. Hodges, K'^v7 Pactolus?J. J. Satterthwaite. AI , ternate, J. R. Chauncey. Swift Creek?P. S. Moore, Alton Gardner. Alternates, H. T. Stokes, - Jv W. Buck. " Winterville?Roy T. Cox, E. W. , Braxton, Mrs. R. E. Davenport. Al , temates, J. R. Cox, G. L. Rouse, Miss Juanita Worthington. : - Cotton Acreage I To Be (tared Cobb Announces That Strict Compliance with Contracts Will Be En forced Washington, June 13.?Cautioning Southern farmers to measure their planted acres with care, Cully Cobb, government cotton head, announced today that trained field men soon would visit every cotton farm to check the sown fields against the acreage reduction contracts. Cooperating farmers have ' re quested the check-up, Cobb said, to insure compliance and to assist some farmers not equipped to measure their fields accurately. While the hundreds of.men were being organized and instructed to carry through the work, the cotton chief dug into a great pile of figures with the hope of announcing pos sibly later in the week the allot ments by counties under the Bank head daleage production control legislation. Administration of the voluntary acreage control program, while af fecting the same farms, was kept entirely separate from the compul sory baleage quota plan, and (re gardless of the bale allotments for each farm signed up on voluntary acreage retirement contracts, Cobb indicated the farm administration expected strict compliance with these voluntary agreements wherein the government pays rentals ' on land taken out of cultivation. Under the check-up, supervisors will give official notice to all mat ters relating to compliance on in dividual farms, including a check of acreage planted to other basic commodities. Farmers agreed in the contracts to plant no crops for market on land rented by the gov ernment. County control committees will recommend supervisors, preferably contract signers, who will carry through the measuring of land planted to cotton. Some farmers were not equipped to measure their acres, Cobb said, but suggested that they get their planted fields as nearly in line with contracts as possible. The actual check of compliance al ready was under way in some states. Where over-planting is found and in cases where planted acreages are smaller than the contracts allowed, the county allotment committee will give notice to the farmer on the re quirements for compliance. The .cotton chief said the spirit of cooperation shown by the farmers and the scarcity of complaints were encouraging to those responsible for the dual programs to reduce cot ton production and thereby raise the returns to growers. MORGAN HONORED BY COTTON SEED FOLKS J. I. Morgan, of Farmville, was elected vice-president of the National Cotton Seed Crushers' Association at the annual convention in New Or leans last week. T. H. Gregory, of* Memphis, was named president. Mr. Morgan is one of the most prominent business men of Farmville. His election to the high post in the association was received with inter est throughout the State by his many friends. Catawba County sweet potato growers sold their cured sweets at good prices this spring and are pre paring for an increased acreage this season. A new storage house is be ing constructed at Startown. j Surplus Beans Going Is Needy ERA Buys 4,500 Hamp ers; Report Increase in Price of 10 Cents Raleigh, June 14.?The North Caro lina Emergency Relief Administra tion yesterday acted as distributing agent for 4,600 hampers of beans which are to be used by local relief organizations. One thousand hamp ers also were sent to W. Virginia to be distributed by the relief organiza tion there. According to George Ross, State Director of Riural Rehabilitation, these movements resulted in an in crease in price of ten cents per hamper on the open market Only the counties of Sampton and Wayne now report a surplus of beans. The relief organizations are not making these purchases above the market, but are simply taking the surplus stock of the bean-growing seltions and transferring it to the sections where there is a scarcity of the commodity. When prices rise above the cost of picking, packing and transporting these organizations will cease to buy. These organiza tions simply are buying tl.e stock that otherwise would be plowed un der or left in the fields and making it available for relief families. Counties receiving bean shipments today included Rowan, Durham, Guilford, Iredell, Forsythe, Mecklin burg, Union, Avery, Burke, Ashe, Cabarrus, Chatham, Gaston, Alle ghany and Alexander. Counties from which beans were shipped include Carteret, Sampson, Wayne and Duplin. One truckload of cabbage . was shipped from Lumberton to Char lotte to be distributed through the relief organization. In most places Emergency Relief labor was being used to pick and pack these beans. LUKE LEA, JR., NAMED HELPER TO DENTIST Raleigh, June 14.?Luke I^ea, Jr., young Tennesseean serving a two to six year sentence in State's Prison here for violation of State banking laws, has been assigned work in the dental department of the prison. Young Lea will help Dr. J. C. Johnson, the prison dentist. Luke Lea, Sr., who was convicted on the same charges, is the prison time-keeper and material checker on a renovation- job. * ~ Warren County cotton growers will receive $91,000 in rental payments for their cotton reduction and $27, 000 in parity payments making a total of $118,000 for the adjustment | contracts. I Chances for Payment of War Debts Remains Slim ? " ? . \ ' I ? ? v. No Enthusiasm Shown Over American Offer To Accept Payments In Goods Washington, June 13.?The admin istration faces a rocky road in its ef forts W salvage some of the $10,300, 000,000 in war debts despite its will ingness to consider part payments in goods, developments today indicated. Outstanding developments were: 1?The White House emphasized the government neither proposes nor desires to accept full payment of the war debts in goods or serv ices from the debtor - governments. The most that can be considered, President Roosevelt let it be known, is partial payment in trade and the remainder, perhaps in cash. 2?The State Department made public the text of formal notes from France, Belgium and Czecho slovakia declaring their intention to default on the June 15 install ments of their debts. , For France and Belgium this was an old story. They have defaulted regularly every six months since December, 1932.. i It was the first declaration of out right default by Czecho-Slovakia, which has made "token1' payments on the last , two installments. 3?George N. Peek* special foreign] trade adviser to the President, made public an exhaustive survey past 38 years. It showed that while the United States had an apparent favorable trade balance over this period< of $22*645,000,000, this was merely a paper profit represented by notes, foreign securities and over promises to pay oh which Americans have not realized actual cash. Included in this sum is the war debt. Peek's report said a new ap proach was needed to foreign trade activities and their relation to .do mestic problems. "We must de velop more complete balance sheets .??gf ' ? ?. : ?<; ; between this country and each ? of those with which we are now doing business or propose to deal," Peek said, so officials may have more ac of American foreign trade over the curate information. Little hope appeared to exist that the chronic defaulters, such as France, Belgium and Poland would attempt to take advantage of this tafcit invitation to make partial pay ment in kind. The French and Belgium notes were brief and to the point. Both reiterated their inability to resume the suspended payments on June 15 on the grounds that "there has beeh no new development in regards to inter-governmental debts since the month of December, 1932." The French government said it the 15th of the present month the payments which, since December 15,1932, it has found itself constrain ed to postpone the result of the consequences of the moratorium of that year." After thus having placed the blame for suspension of payments "is not in a position to resume on the Hoover moratorium, the French note said France reaffirmed that it does not contest the validity of the debt and that it is still pre pared to seek an agreement "upon a basis which in existing circum stances may be acceptable to b<*H countries." No definite proposal for initiat ing conversations or negotiations was put forward in the note, but the hope was expressed "that such , an agreement may be reached in j the- future." COOL RECEPTION GIVEN HULL'S NOTE ON DEBTS. Loiidon, June 18.?The suggestion from Washington that war debts might be paid in goods instead' of gold was given a cool reception in Great Britain' today, end while France and Italy appeared somewhat interested, there was. no evidence that %y.V. f immediate action will be taken. Downing Street maintained its usual secrecy after a cabinet meet ing which lasted for an hour and a half, but the general view in politi cal circles was that the proposal of Secretary of State Hull will not be found acceptable. A spokesman said that it is un likely that any offical statement will be forthcoming before tomorrow's session of the House of Coqimohs. Official quarters in Paris manifest ed far more interest in the sugges tion, not yet made to France, than did Britain, but the government is not expected to change ita non-pay ment policy. Italy is known to be prepared to follow Great Britain in stating thgt payment of any sum on the June ii 16 installment will not be forthcom ing, but in the abtuce from Rome statement was laying. -1 -' .? I I ?, ? I -I ? Maxie Baer New Champ Topples Man Mountain From Throne and Tak es Title Away From Italy Ringside, Madison Square Garden Bowl, N. Y., June 14.- All the sava gery and drama of Jask Dempsey s conquest of Louis Angel Firpo something the prize ring thought never would be equalled?rocketed out of the past tonight to awe 52,000 of the faithful as Max Baer crushed his way to the heavyweight cham pionship over the battered body of huge Primo Camera. Eleven times in eleven rounds, the massive Italian, biggest man ever to hold the title, crashed to the floor from Baer's blows, twice in the last round, before Refree Arthur Donovan stepped in and stopped the fight after two minutes, 16 seconds of the 11th amid such chao3 and tumuit as the ring hasn't seen since Dempsey's most famous triumph in 1923. A twelfth time the giant slid to the floor full-length from lost balance in a wild lunge at his foe. Helpless at the end of the tenth round, when Referee Donovan almost stopped the fight in between two knockdowns, Camera staggered out for his finish in the eleventh, bloody, semi-conscious, but as brave a any man who ever went to so certain a fate. The thrill-swept crowd, loosing one sullen, hoarse roar after another that swept in waves across the arena, rose for the "kill." Once the sneer ing Baer half. pushed, half battered the champion to the floor. Again Camera went down from a right high to the head. He came to his feet, his tree-like legs barely able to hold him up. Donovan rushed in as Baer set him self for the final smash. Through his crushed and swollen lips the champion whispered as he turned his head to the referee. ^ "Fini," he mumbled. "Fini. I am finish.'* Donovan wrestled in between them, stayed Baer's finishing hand, pushed him back toward his screaming com er, the new heavyweight champion of the world. Camera started to protest and his seconds tore wildly about the ring. Then they threw a robe about his battered bleeding head and led him down the steps, toward the end of the trafl for the monster man of the ring, the peasant from Sequals, Italy, who eight short years ago was a freak in a circus, t Second Primary Has Been Called Run-off Election Will Be Held on June 30th, From Sunrise to Sun set; Big Vote Not Ex pected Greenville, June 12.?Pitt county voters must go to the polls again to choose a nominee for one of the seats in the House of Representatives, and the Treasurer of the county. This was determined yesterday when Jack Edwards, local attorney, who represented Pitt in the 1938 As- ? sembly, and who ran third in the re cent primary, filed with Chairman Harding, of the Board of Elections, a demand for a run-off primary against John Hill Paylor, of Farm ville, well known lawyer, who ran second, but who failed to get a ma jority. Vance Perkins, runner-up in the contest for treasurer, has decided to enter a second primary against A. T. Moore, the incunibent and high man of the six candidates. The only other contest in the coun ty is a run-off race in Swift Creek township for cor stable. There has been much speculation throughout the county as to what Messrs. Edwards and Perkins would do. It is said that they have thor oughly gone into the advisability of calling for a second primary, and it is apparent that they have received much encouragement Mr. Harding stated that the run off election will be held on June 30, from sunrise to sunset. In the first primary, M. O. Blount, of Bethel, was the high man for the House of Representatives, and was nominated. Mr. Paylor ran second, Mr. Edwards third, and Attorney J. B. Eure, of Ayden- fourth. ' Mr. Perkins ran nearly a thousand votes behind A. T. Moore for treas urer, but it was said that he received only about 32 percent of the total vote cast, leaving approximately 68 per cent to the other five candidates. Both contests promise to afford much interest, but it is not expected that the vote on June 30 will be much over 50 per cent of what it was on June 2nd. Speaking of the cost to the county of the run-off election, Chairman Harding of the Board of Elections said it would be about $150. AT THE ROTARY CLUB ? The Farmville Rotary Chib met last Tuesday evening at 6:45 in the Farmville High School building. A delightful supper was served con sisting of ham, potatoes and salad. Then came the reading of the min utes of the previous meeting, which were approved. Joe Rasberry then presented the new secretary, Rev. C. B. Mashburn, who was cordially welcomed as a member. Irvin Morgan, Jr., chairman of the program Committee, presented Bill Smith, program leader for the eve ning, who in turn introduced Mr. A. C. Monk, who entertained the club with interesting accounts of his re cent visit to Europe. Mr. Monk said, he was accompani ed on the trip by Mrs. Monk and two sons, who also enjoyed with him the scenes of the old country. They visited England, France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. The latter he said is very poor, but the people seemed to be happy and to live with in their means. England seemed to be looking up and the people optimis tic. France also he reported as pros perous and happy. "Germany," he said, "is not certain of herself. Many favor the dictatorship of Hitler, but others do not, however, all are afraid to speak their minds." ? Mr. Monk said, he never saw a mule in the whole of Europe. Bill Smith gave the Club a chance to show knowledge of flowers by a simple questionaire, which gave all present a bit of wholesome fun. The meeting adjournd to meet again June 19, 1934. i